Best Bets For Arts & Entertainment In November

The November chill is good for the arts. It will cool the sweaty superheroes of “Marvel Universe Live!” It will suit the wistful songs of Elvis Costello. It will match the whipping winds of change in “Fiddler on the Roof.” It will bring Thanksgiving, and “Alice’s Restaurant.” It will prepare us for Christmas. Just chill.

Act Your Age (Of Heroes)

Superhero movies are ubiquitous. So now we have superhero stage shows. “Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes” features everyone from Spider-Man to the Incredible Hulk to Thor to the Guardians of the Galaxy. They all swoop into the XL Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Hartford, Nov. 1-4. 877-522-8499, xlcenter.com

XL Center

"Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes"

"Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes" (XL Center)

Prison ‘Sentience’

For over half a century, Peter Brook has been considered to be one of the greatest living theater directors in the world. The nonagenarian dramatic genius’ latest work is “The Prisoner,” a drama about a man who sits outside a prison. The play premiered in France, just played London, and comes to New Haven Nov. 2-17 at the Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel St., New Haven. 203-432-1234, yalerep.org.

Ryan Buchanan

"The Prisoner"

"The Prisoner" (Ryan Buchanan)

Tradition!

The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” has been around for 55 years, and the Sholom Alecheim stories it’s based on have been around for over a century. The latest national tour of the show, based on director Bartlett Sher’s 2015 Broadway revival, is at The Bushnell Nov. 6-11. 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford. 860-987-6000, bushnell.org.

Joan Marcus

"Fiddler on the Roof"

"Fiddler on the Roof" (Joan Marcus)

From ‘Watching The Detectives’ To ‘Look Now’

Elvis Costello has a new album out, “Look Now.” Following a series of solo releases and collaborations with the likes of The Roots and T Bone Burnett, this is the first album Elvis recorded with his longtime sidemen The Imposters in a decade. Now he and the band are on tour. Elvis Costello & The Imposters play Nov. 9 at The Oakdale, 95 S. Turnpike Road, Wallingford. 203-265-1501, oakdale.com.

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Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello (Handout)

Get Anything You Want

There was a time when Arlo Guthrie avoided performing his epic masterwork “Alice’s Restaurant” live. Now he’s embracing it. “The Alice’s Restaurant Tour” marks the 50th anniversary of the events which led to the writing of the sprawling story/song. Arlo Guthrie’s at Infinity Hall, 32 Front St., Hartford, on Nov. 16 at 8:30 p.m. It’s a family affair: Also on the bill is Arlo’s daughter, singer/songwriter Sarah Lee Guthrie. 866-666-6306, infinityhall.com.

Infinity Hall

Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie (Infinity Hall)

Infinity hall

Sarah Lee Guthrie

Sarah Lee Guthrie (Infinity hall)

Like A Rolling Stone

The Bob Dylan who plays The Palace Theater, 100 East Main St., Waterbury, on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. will seem very different from when he was at the same theater for a much-bootlegged concert in 1975. Though you’ll still find “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Gotta Serve Somebody” on his recent setlists, Dylan has been a-changin’ throughout the years. His last three albums have consisted of covers of pop standards (most of them previously interpreted by Frank Sinatra), and in 2009 he released his first-ever Christmas album. Also, the last time he was in Waterbury he hadn’t yet won the Nobel Prize for Literature. 203.346.2000, palacetheaterct.org.

Waterbury Palace

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (Waterbury Palace)

Playwright Poet Of Detroit

Dominique Morisseau is one of the most produced playwrights in the country right now. Connecticut knows this: her “Sunset, Baby” was at TheaterWorks last year, her “Detroit ‘67” will be seen at Hartford Stage Feb. 14 through March 10 and this month — Nov. 21 through Dec. 16 — Dominique Morisseau’s drama “Paradise Blue,” set in a Detroit jazz club, is at the Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven. 203-787-4282, longwharf.org.

Long Wharf Theatre

Dominique Morrisseau

Dominique Morrisseau (Long Wharf Theatre)

Astroworld In Orbit

Rapper Travis Scott titled his latest album and tour “Astroworld,” after an amusement park in his native Texas. The album, his third, was released in August and has topped pop charts around the world, from the U.S. to Sweden, Australia and beyond. Travis Scott’s “Astroworld” tour is at the XL Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Hartford, on Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. 877-522-8499, xlcenter.com.

XL Center

Travis Scott

Travis Scott (XL Center)

Rotten Eggs

“Something Rotten!” is the silly Shakespearean spoof about a playwright who wants to beat the bard at his own game. So he visits an unreliable soothsayer and writes the surefire hit drama… “Omelette!” The Broadway hit toured to The Bushnell last season, and now a second tour is at The Shubert, 237 College St., New Haven, Nov. 30 through Dec. 2. 203-562-5666, shubert.com.

Jeremy Daniel

"Something Rotten"

"Something Rotten" (Jeremy Daniel)

Hang Your Stockings Early

It’s November. Time for Christmas shows! The venerable (and creepy) Michael Wilson adaptation of “A Christmas Carol — A Ghost Story of Christmas” returns to Hartford Stage Nov. 23-29 (hartfordstage.org). The hip, boozy, TV-attuned “Christmas on the Rocks” is back for another round Nov. 27 through Dec. 23 at TheaterWorks (theaterworkshartford.org). A new annual Christmas theater tradition enters its second year: the musical “A Connecticut Christmas Carol” at Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre in Chester Nov. 30 through Dec. 30 (goodspeed.org). Add to this Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s production of Paula Vogel’s historical epic “A Civil War Christmas” Nov. 29 through Dec. 9 (crt.uconn.edu). It’s beginning to act a lot like Christmas.